Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Nafi’ bin Harith (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered one of the gardens of Madinah and said to me: “Close the door for me.” Then he (peace be upon him) came and sat on the edge built around the well and let his legs hang into the well. Then the door was knocked, so I asked: “Who is it?” He said: “Abu Bakr.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon you)! It is Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him).” So he (peace be upon him) said: “Let him in and give him glad tidings of Paradise.” So he came and sat on the edge of the well with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and he (may Allah be pleased with him) also let his legs hang into the well. Then the door was knocked. I asked: “Who is it?” He said: “Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).” I said: “O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon you)! It is Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).” So he (peace be upon him) said: “Let him in and give him glad tidings of Paradise.” The narrator says: I gave him permission to enter and gave him the glad tidings of Paradise. So he came and sat on the edge of the well with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and he (may Allah be pleased with him) also let his legs hang into the well. Then the door was knocked. I asked: “Who is it?” He said: “Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).” I said: “O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon you)! It is Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).” He (peace be upon him) said: “Let him in and give him glad tidings of Paradise—with a trial.” The narrator says: I gave him permission to enter and gave him the glad tidings of Paradise. So he entered and sat on the edge of the well with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and let his legs hang into the well.

Hazrat Sufyan bin Husain (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) offered his daughter's hand in marriage to Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Shall I not guide you to someone better than Uthman? And shall I not guide Uthman to a woman better than this woman? The narrator says: Thus, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself married the daughter of Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and arranged the marriage of Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) to his own daughter.

Hazrat Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when Hazrat Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) was mentioned about Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), a man said, "Indeed, people abuse him!" Upon this, he (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Destruction is for those people who abuse such a person who entered upon the king Najashi among a group of the companions of Muhammad ﷺ, while all others besides him fell into trial!" People asked: "What trial did those people fall into?" He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Whoever entered upon that king would bow his head and greet him. But Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) refused to do so, so the king asked: 'What prevented you from prostrating as your companions have prostrated?' He (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: 'I do not prostrate to anyone except Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.'"